<p>Freshman year (at a lousy public school):
(R) Geometry
(R) Spanish I
(R) World History
(R) English 9
Honors Biology</p>
<p>Sophomore year (at a prestigious college prep school):
Honors IB Precalculus
Honors Chemistry
AP Psychology
AP Environmental Science
AP European History
(R) Spanish III (I tested out of Spanish II)
(R) American Literature</p>
<p>Junior year (prestigious college prep- IB diploma candidate):
AP/IB Calculus BC
IB Number Theory
AP/IB Biology
AP/IB Physics C
AP/IB World Literature
AP/IB Spanish IV
IB Contemporary World History</p>
<p>Senior year (prestigious college prep - IB diploma candidate):
IB Multivariable Calculus
IB Linear Algebra and Discrete Mathematics
AP/IB Inorganic Chemistry
AP/IB American Government
IB Theory of Knowledge
AP/IB English Literature
AP/IB Spanish V</p>
<p>With a 4.0 GPA in grades 10, 11, 12
(Really lousy GPA in grade 9- but I have a medical reason).</p>
<p>Prestigious Awards (Science Fairs: Siemens, ISEF, etc; )
Good Summer Programs (MMSS, Ross Math Camp and TASP)
Perfect SAT score, Perfect ACT score, Perfect PSAT score (all in Gr. 11)</p>
<p>Combined with over 20 AP credits of "5" each (grades 10 and 11), and 6-7s on IB exams</p>
<p>I live in an affluent area, where most kids (13-4) who end up at Ivies at my school are in Calc BC in sophomore year. But I suppose you could say I'm in the top 10% out of approx 160 kids.</p>
<p>I have a lot of national and international prizes though, and a ton of scholarship money, and I have published one book, and intend on publishing another.</p>
<p>... What are my chances? I intend on majoring in Neuroscience... pre-med.</p>
<p>Dude, in April of last year you said you were a freshman.</p>
<p>“I am also looking for some science related research positions in the South-eastern Michigan area during the summer holidays. I know that Wayne State has some good programs, however, I am only a freshman. Any advice?”</p>
<p>So, you’d only be a sophomore now, which means you couldn’t possibly have gotten those lovely scores in your junior year.</p>
<p>There is such a thing as AP/IB, my school for example mixes a lot of Year 1 IB classes with AP, so that the students in IB may also take the AP exams. It’s just barely legal, but some schools do it.</p>
<p>BUT, there is no such thing as IB Multivariable Calculus or Discrete Math, or Inorganic Chemistry. Besides, inorganic is just general chemistry. There are no IB classes in Freshman/Sophomore year, only Pre-IB (as classified by the school), and all IB seniors take IB Math Methods or Math Studies (depends if you’re HL or SL).</p>
<p>Well, I go to the very same school tennismsk does.</p>
<ol>
<li>I am a sophomore.</li>
<li>I am the most unpopular thing ever created in that school and thus don’t have any friends, but I don’t know anybody that’s in Calc BC. But there are about 20 kids (all of them Asian) in IB Precalc, and even a few in IB Precalc Honors.</li>
<li>You really can’t take AP/IB classes in Sophomore year unless you’re a FREAKING GENIUS or they’re math (see above).</li>
<li>We do have AP/IB. They are are AP classes, but if the head of the IB program at our school approves you for IB, you take the exam at the end of year.</li>
<li><p>For comparison, this is my schedule. Remember, I’m a sophomore at the moment, and so is tennismsk (I believe her perfect scores are what she desires to obtain).</p></li>
<li><p>Honors American Literature</p></li>
<li><p>Beginning Photography Sem. 1/Speech Sem. 2</p></li>
<li><p>Honors Latin II</p></li>
<li><p>Algebra II</p></li>
<li><p>AP European History (this is typically the only AP sophomores take)</p></li>
<li><p>Japanese II</p></li>
<li><p>Chemistry</p></li>
</ol>
<p>This is actually a fairly middle of the road schedule for my school- it’s almost unthinkable to be in regular Chemistry and Math, for example. I am the smartest kid in Math though…</p>
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